North Canterbury News: August 12, 2021
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No appeal to quarry decision<br />
By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Taggart Earthmoving Ltd is not appealing<br />
adecisionbytwo independent<br />
commissioners to denythe companya<br />
resourceconsenttodevelopaquarry at<br />
RangioraRacecourse.<br />
Taggart CEO PaulTaggart saysthe<br />
commissioners’decision was<br />
disappointing forthe companybut they<br />
decided nottoappeal the ruling dueto<br />
legaladvice and thepotential highcostof<br />
an appealinthe EnvironmentCourt.<br />
‘‘We havealready spent alot of money<br />
on thisprojectbut that is therisk you<br />
take,’’ he says.<br />
‘‘We are now assessing ouroptions and<br />
have some toughdecisions to make about<br />
thefuture of ouroperation in Rangiora,<br />
whichwill dependonwhether we can<br />
find an alternative source of gravel.’’<br />
Thecompany was assessing other<br />
possiblegravel extraction siteswithin<br />
Waimakariri but he is unwilling to say at<br />
this stagewhere they are.<br />
Mr Taggart says it wasapopular<br />
misconceptionthatrecent floodingin<br />
Waimakariri had deposited large<br />
quantities of gravelinthe Ashley<br />
Rakahuriand Waimakariri rivers.<br />
‘‘Although it appears that there are now<br />
largedeposits of gravel in the bedsofthe<br />
Waimakaririand Ashleyrivers postthe<br />
recentfloods, initial topographical<br />
surveys indicatethat the increased<br />
volume of gravelavailable for extraction<br />
is minimal,’’hesays.<br />
‘‘We haverecently surveyedasectionof<br />
theAshleyRiver post flooding and<br />
compared the surveyvolumes that we<br />
calculated preflood andthe netincrease<br />
in availablegravel is insignificantwhen<br />
measuredagainst Environment<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>’s(ECan) mean bedlevels for<br />
Appealing ... The Rangiora racecourse is apopular course with punters as shown by the<br />
turnout at the December 2019 Christmas at the Races meeting on the grass track.<br />
PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP<br />
gravel extraction.’’<br />
However,the company onlysurveyeda<br />
small section of therivertoget an<br />
indication of the effect of the floods.ECan<br />
is scheduled to do afull river surveynext<br />
month.<br />
‘‘Thismay show thereismore gravel<br />
there thanexpected,’’ Mr Taggart says.<br />
The independentcommissioners, Paul<br />
Rogers andJohn Iseli, deniedTaggart<br />
Earthmoving aresourceconsent for the<br />
quarry primarilybecause‘‘therisks and<br />
potential risks to groundwater<br />
contamination and contaminationof<br />
drinking watersuppliesdowngradientof<br />
thesite areunacceptable.’’<br />
Deputy Presidentofthe No Rangiora<br />
Racecourse QuarryInc John Matheris<br />
delighted that TaggartEarthmovingLtd<br />
haschosen nottoappeal the decision.<br />
Thepresident of theRangiora Harness<br />
RacingClub, GregWright, whoinitially<br />
said the clubneeded theincome expected<br />
to come from the quarry, has no comment<br />
to makeaboutthe commissioners’<br />
decision to deny aresource consentfor it<br />
or Taggart’sdecision not to appealthat<br />
decision.<br />
Success of Rangiora gymnasts celebrated<br />
By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Rangiora’s ICE Trampoline Sportsis<br />
celebrating the success of its members<br />
at Auckland’s National Gymnastics<br />
Championships.<br />
Campbell Robertson,Bronwyn Dibb,<br />
BraidaThomas, Natalie Donavan,<br />
Emily Reeves, Matthieu Rigter, Jessica<br />
Penney, Hannah Van Schculkyn and<br />
Kirah Galbraith all won championships<br />
titlesatthe nationals which were held<br />
at the Trusts Arena in Auckland from<br />
July 2024.<br />
Their success continues agreatrun<br />
for ICE Trampoline Sports which is one<br />
of New Zealand’s top trampoline and<br />
gymnastics clubs.<br />
The club’smemberswere also<br />
excited to see theirsport in the<br />
limelight on the worldstage with the<br />
recent bronzemedalwinning<br />
perfomance of Aucklandtrampolinist<br />
DylanSchmidt, at the Tokyo Olympics<br />
giving New Zealand its first Olympic<br />
success in trampoline gymnastics.<br />
Christchurchtrampolinist Maddie<br />
Davidson also made history by<br />
becomingNew Zealand’s first woman to<br />
compete at the games.<br />
‘‘Dylan’s performance is absolutely<br />
fantastic for the profile of the sport in<br />
New Zealand,’’ ICE Trampoline Sports<br />
club’s senior coach Nigel Humphreys<br />
says.``We all sat and watched as ateam<br />
and were thrilled for him personally as<br />
he is such agreat guy, and Maddie<br />
Davidson is from Christchurchsoitwas<br />
greattohave alocal girl in the women’s<br />
event.She has given so much back to<br />
the sportasacoach and ajudge.’’<br />
Dylan’s successand Maddie’s<br />
participationatthe Olympicshas<br />
proved inspirational for the ICE<br />
Trampoline Sports clubmembers but<br />
Covid19 globalpandemictravel<br />
restrictions are hampering<br />
participationatfuture overseas<br />
competitions.<br />
‘‘Ourseniorshad booked flights to the<br />
Gold Coast for the Australian Club<br />
Nationals in September, but<br />
unfortunately theyhave been<br />
cancelled,’’Nigel says. ‘‘Our next major<br />
is the World Championships in<br />
Azerbaijan in November and the World<br />
Gamesinthe USA in July 2022 for our<br />
star athlete Bronwyn Dibb.’’<br />
‘‘However, we are struggling to get<br />
managed isolationand quarantine<br />
places for our return fromthe World<br />
Champs, so may not even be able to<br />
book to attend. ''<br />
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